1st Edition

Geertgen tot Sint Jans and the Art of Longing

By Henry Luttikhuizen Copyright 2026
180 Pages 50 Color & 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

180 Pages 50 Color & 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Considering the output of the Dutch painter Geertgen tot Sint Jans (ca. 1465–95) in relationship to the religious and social desires of his primary patrons, the Haarlem Hospitallers, this book offers a comprehensive analysis of the artist’s oeuvre. Although information about Geertgen’s life is scarce, much is known about those who commissioned his work. Thus, this study opens with a brief... Read more

List of Illustrations

 

Acknowledgments

 

Introduction

1        Geertgen and His Patrons

2        The Vienna Panels

3        St. John the Baptist

4        The Raising of Lazarus

5        The Night Nativity

6        Adorations of the Magi

7        The Man of Sorrows

8        The Edinburgh-Rotterdam Diptych

9        The Geertgen Brand

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Henry Luttikhuizen (Ph.D., University of Virginia) is Lena E. S. Meijer Professor of Art History at Aquinas College (Grand Rapids, MI).